pühendasin

Pühendasin is the first-person singular past tense form of the Estonian verb pühendama, meaning to dedicate or devote something to someone or to a cause, or to commit oneself to something. It expresses an action completed in the past, where the speaker indicates that a work, time, effort, or life was set aside for a person, a purpose, or a project.

In usage, pühendasin is commonly employed when describing dedicating a work to someone, or devoting resources to a task. For example, Ma pühendasin selle raamatu oma emale translates to I dedicated this book to my mother. Other typical uses include dedicating time or life to a cause: Ma pühendasin kogu oma aja projektile (I devoted all my time to the project) or Ma pühendasin oma elu teadusele (I dedicated my life to science). The construction often involves an object in the accusative or partitive case and a recipient or beneficiary expressed in the allative case or indicated by context.

Grammatical notes: pühendama is a transitive verb. The past tense form pühendasin is used for the first person singular; other forms include pühendas (he/she), pühendasid (you all), etc. Related forms include pühendunud (devoted, dedicated as a participle) and pühendumine (devotion, dedication).

Etymology and related terms: pühendama belongs to a family of Estonian words centered on devotion and dedication, such as pühendus (devotion) and pühendumine (dedication). The exact historical origins are not always detailed in general references, but the semantic core is clear: assigning attention, effort, or reverence to a person or cause.

See also: pühendus, pühendumine, pühendunud.